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Support member

US8801291B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 1, 2012
Grant dateAug 12, 2014
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Expiry dateMar 1, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16C2240/40
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A support member with excellent contact with the member to which the support member is attached, that is, a metal support member which supports a shaft directly or through a bearing and which has a plurality of the projections at its outer circumferential surface, wherein the plurality of the projections are formed at the outer circumferential surface as a whole at the time of casting of the support member and wherein at least part of the projections have thin-waisted shapes or a plastic support member which supports a shaft directly or through a bearing and which has a plurality of the projections at its outer circumferential surface, wherein the plurality of the projections are formed at the outer circumferential surface as a whole at the time of molding of the support member and wherein at least part of the projections have thin-waisted shapes.

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